Dynasty Superflex Rookie Mock Draft: Jadarian Price Could Be A Sneaky Riser
Ian Hartitz and Faraz Siddiqi of Upper Hand Fantasy go pick by pick through a 12-team rookie superflex mock draft.
Dynasty rookie drafts are right around the corner, or they may already be here if you guys are sick enough in the head to get those done before the NFL Draft. Either way, what better time than now to get into a dynasty superflex rookie mock draft alongside my friend Faraz Siddiqi of Upper Hand Fantasy (follow Upper Hand Fantasy on Instagram).
You can watch the latest episode of the Fantasy Life Show to see Ian and Faraz break down their picks even deeper.
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Dynasty Superflex Rookie Mock Draft: Round 1
Pick 1.01: Jeremiyah Love, RB
Faraz: I think we're going to start this out pretty easy. We're going to continue to pick Jeremiyah Love.
It doesn’t matter what format you're in. It really doesn't.
I wanted to see how Love stacked up against some of the other great running back prospects over the last 10 years or so—Ashton Jeanty, Bijan Robinson, Ezekiel Elliott, Saquon Barkley, Jahmyr Gibbs, Christian McCaffrey and Leonard Fournette.
He ranked second to Jeanty in yards after contact per attempt. Now, it is worth noting that Jeanty didn't play at a Power Four school.
He also ranked third behind Robinson and Jeanty in missed tackles forced per attempt.
He went second to Jeanty in missed tackles forced per reception and ranked first among all of them in explosive run percentage. So yeah, even in a superflex, this is the guy I would want over the quarterback who is going to end up being the No. 1 overall pick in the actual NFL draft.
Jeremiyah Love Prospect Profile
Pick 1.02: Carnell Tate, WR
Ian: Give me Carnell Tate. We'll talk about Fernando Mendoza here eventually, but I am going to go to Tate, someone whom I do believe to be the second-best talent at wide receiver in the class.
I do like Jordyn Tyson and everything he brings to the table. We'll talk about him more, but with Tate, it's one of these situations where, as much as I may have my opinions on what I see on film, let's face it, Tate is the odds-on favorite to be the first wide receiver drafted. He's going to, in all likelihood, be a top-10 overall pick.
He’s the only top-tier kind of prospect who's going to still be only 21 years old by the end of this year. I feel like Tate has the fewest concerns overall.
I will caveat that with saying if you are a team out there in the superflex dynasty streets and you don't have a second quarterback to rely on, I've been there.
That's not fun. And you just really can't even go into a season like that. So if you have a need at quarterback, I totally get going with Fernando Mendoza at 1.02.
So overall off the board, guys, Jeremiyah Love 1.01, Carnell Tate 1.02 for us. Back to Faraz at 1.03. Is it going to be the Heisman Trophy National Championship winner, or are you looking elsewhere?
Pick 1.03: Makai Lemon, WR
Faraz: I'm going to look elsewhere just because I don't want to talk about him anymore. So I'm going to go Makai Lemon here with the next pick.
Listen, I wouldn't blame anybody for taking Lemon ahead of Tate. And honestly, Lemon might be the safer player. Like if I had to if I had to really put it on paper.
And I don't think Lemon is a slot-only player, which I think a lot of people might be concerned about. The league is obviously moving towards more 2WR sets, leaving out those slot-only wide receivers, causing lower route participation like my boy, Josh Downs (but now Michael Pittman is gone).
I don't think we need to worry about that for Lemon. He can play as a flanker opposite whoever the extra receiver is in 2WR sets. And then maybe move to the slot and three wide receiver sets and be just fine and be, you know, actually be really good at that.
Now, to me, he has the best analytical profile among all the wide receivers in this draft class, over 3.0 yards per route run for his career. That's the 98th percentile among Power Four wide receivers over the last 12 seasons.
Receiving yards per game? 92nd percentile. Targets Per Route Run? 95th percentile. First downs per route run? 98th percentile. So when you're 98th percentile in both career yards per route run and first downs per route run in the Power Four, I would say that's a pretty strong signal.
And, you know, one can argue that because of that, like he's safer than Carnell Tate. So I do think he has a little bit of a higher ceiling because he plays on the outside, probably more targets downfield, that sort of thing. But in terms of traits you're looking for, I kind of feel like he has everything, and he's tough as nails.
He can catch everything. He's versatile. So I'd be pretty excited about adding him to my roster.
Pick 1.04: Jordyn Tyson, WR
Ian: No, I'm not taking Mendoza. Give me Jordyn Tyson, wide receiver, for pick 1.04 at this point.
It's gonna look hilarious when we get done with this is how low Mendoza is gonna be. So again, to reiterate to everyone, if you need a quarterback on your superflex team, go ahead and take Mendoza at the 1.02, but I just can't in good conscience. If I'm on the clock and I'm feeling good about my quarterback room, give me Jordyn Tyson.
I just hate this narrative that's now being spewed about this dude not being tough enough to go ahead and be a No. 1 wide receiver because of one or two reps that we found throughout his career. Okay, yeah, there's some bad reps out there. I get it.
It's not like Jordyn Tyson is the only guy with those to his name. This dude, as we know, has suffered season-ending injuries three times in three collegiate seasons. That's not good.
You know how tough you gotta be to go ahead and put in the work to come back from those and then play at a high level? Look at the Texas Tech game. When this dude was on one leg, did he pull himself out of the game, preserve his draft stock?
No, he stayed in the game, went out there and helped win the game down the stretch. And then did he say … “OK, guess what? This Arizona State team sucks this year. Sam Levitt's banged up. We're 7-3. I'm just gonna go ahead and get ready for the draft.”?
No, he even came back later in the year and played against Colorado and Arizona before he got injured again, unfortunately. So again, the toughness stuff. I feel like when we talk about toughness, and we talk about combine interviews and injuries, it becomes “you either have it, or you don't”, when in reality, I just think it's tougher to measure it, and accordingly, we only talk about it for certain guys.
So Jordyn Tyson, for me, when I watch him, I think he's like Gen-Z Amari Cooper, the most talented wide receiver in the class. And I don't see, again, enough red flags here for me to get off of him as a legit top-four dynasty rookie pick.
Pick 1.05: KC Concepcion, WR
Faraz: If I needed a quarterback, I would take Mendoza. But I'm going to just keep this ping-pong game going until we see who is going to take Mendoza here, OK? And again, I'll just reiterate what you said before.
I want to talk about KC Concepcion.
I don't think he can be pigeon-holed in any one role. He's not really too dependent on any offensive play caller doing the right thing.
He had 71 catches for 839 yards and 10 touchdowns at NC State at 18 years old. So, he put himself in that rare category to start, and you combine that with potential first-round draft capital.
There's a chance that he's drafted in the second round; whoever gets in there, it would be an amazing value. But a 46% peak dominator rating, too, these are simply the type of players that you want to target. Now, his career efficiency numbers are not amazing, right?
Only a bit over 2.0 yards per route run for his career, 2.3 in his best season last year, kind of living in that 75th percentile range. So, the spreadsheets aren't as clean as some of these other guys. But he was a clear target earner.
93rd percentile in career targets per game. I absolutely love what he brings to the table, and I think he can separate with the best of them.
KC Concepcion Prospect Profile
Pick 1.06: Fernando Mendoza, QB
Ian: I'm going to do it for us. You won this freaking game of chicken that we were playing. Give me Fernando Mendoza, finally at pick 1.06.
This is where there’s a tier drop. Especially with the wide receivers, for me, there’s a gap.
And guess what? I'm not completely over the moon with the tight end who we'll be getting into a little bit as well. But to Mendoza's credit, I do think that when you look at the potential system and Klint Kubiak, based on what he's done with Derek Carr and Sam Darnold, I could definitely see how this dude's super power, that being that accuracy, that back shoulder fade and just the ability to push the ball downfield, really could be proven great.
But early on, it could be tough sledding. Kirk Cousins is the sort of veteran quarterback. And I think in that system, they want him to be that guy to not force Mendoza out there sooner rather than later.
And then there’s the point that we're not exactly expecting Mendoza to go out there and average 40 rushing yards per game and be good enough to just be great in fantasy, even as the real-life stuff comes together.
It's a big concern here, because as much as we do see the Joe Burrows and Jared Goffs of the world, flirt with top-five, top-six numbers in huge passing seasons, it's not exactly something we can hang our hat on year in and year out.
Fernando Mendoza Scouting Report
Pick 1.07: Denzel Boston, WR
Faraz: I'm gonna go Denzel Boston here. I still believe he's kind of in a similar tier to the guys above him, but I do believe it's a little bit of a tier break, and I'm gonna stick to wide receiver here before I move to the other positions, because I think Boston is still a first-round talent at Y receiver.
He broke out at 20 years old, but it's because he started his career behind Rome Odunze, who was the team's X receiver, so he had to wait his turn.
Once he got his turn, he was the clear guy. He had over 2.4 yards per route run last year, he earned a target on almost 26% of his routes and got over a thousand yards. He doesn't drop the ball, he's a very good contested catcher, he separates really well and again, you add the potential first-round draft capital to this—it's probably going to be him and Concepcion right at the end of the first round.
Denzel Boston Prospect Profile
Pick 1.08: Omar Cooper, WR
Ian: Give me Omar Cooper out of Indiana here, likely the only other Round 1 wide receiver, a guy that's being projected by some as high as the Rams at pick 13, the Jets at pick 16 has also been a popular candidate.
Omar Cooper is like a Target version of Deebo Samuel, but I think he's got more tools in the bag than Deebo in terms of what he can do downfield, and more of a pure wide receiver, because that's really what he did in the earlier parts of his career in 2024. He was running way more of his routes on the outside. He was a field stretcher, averaging 20 yards per catch, and looked fine doing that. In 2025, they actually moved him to the slot, and roughly 70% of his targets actually came on RPOs and screens, and guess what? He was really good at that, too. He's 6-foot, 200 pounds and he runs a verified 4.4 40. I think you can put him into any offense in the NFL and find a good way for him to contribute and make your team better.
Pick 1.09: Kenyon Sadiq, TE
Faraz: Kenyon Sadiq … does he have the upside to potentially be a difference maker at the tight end position? I think so. We're finally taking the tight end off the board here with first-round draft capital, most likely could be really early in the first round, maybe the best athletic testing ever at a position where athletic testing has seemed to matter the most for really good after the catch and 93rd percentile in missed tackles force per reception over the last 12 years. I think he's a good route runner; he's versatile, so that's the good right now.
the not-so-rosy things? His after-the-catch numbers really dropped this past season for whatever reason, and he's obviously undersized. Can he end up playing some in-line? I don't know. I do know that he tries his best to get the blocking done, at least he has the effort, but is it going to translate? Now, the good thing is that he was on the field. His team trusted him to be on the field in those situations for most of the time, which is great, so I think the blocking could be good enough for him to be on the field a lot, and he could potentially move to the next level in that category.
Pick 1.10: Chris Bell, WR
Ian: I feel like there are 10 other players that you can name, and I'd be like, okay, yeah, sure, you can make an argument here, so landing spots are going to play a big-time role. The running back contenders—Jadarian Price, Jonah Coleman, Mike Washington—if we see one of them land with Washington or obviously Seattle, I can see them being in play.
I know there are a ton of Eli Stowers fans out there, so if he's going to land a situation where we can actively project him to be in a full-time role, that gets very exciting. I mean, even Ty Simpson, I know he doesn't have a ton of fans, but Round 1 NFL quarterbacks get a lot of chances to do their thing. If you don't see anyone else you exactly love, I think he can make sense.
With all that said, I'm going with another wide receiver here. Give me Louisville's Chris Bell.
He has the ACL issue, and I think that is the main thing that's really holding him back from being more of a consensus Round 1 guy. You mentioned Denzel Boston's higher-end comp being A.J. Brown. I see that here with Chris Bell as well. Again, the ACL could be a little bit of an issue early in 2026, but offseason reports tell us that he will be cleared in time for training camp, so hopefully Chris Bell's knee is right, but even with the potential slow start we are doing dynasty, and I do think that Bell, outside the clear-cut Round 1 guys, has flashed the most for me.
Pick 1.11: Eli Stowers, TE
Faraz: I am gonna go Eli Stowers, taking a shot that I would have taken at the 1.10. I am gonna take Sadiq before him, but when you look at the profile itself, it's low-key better than Sadiq's. He’s also an extremely good athlete. He's in the 99th percentile in total receptions and yards for a tight end over the last 12 seasons, 96th in receiving yards per game, 98th percentile in yards per route run, 99th percentile in first downs per route run and 96th percentile in targets per route run.
Unlike Sadiq, his team did not really trust him to be on the field in those blocking situations, so there is a little bit more concern there for him, but I do think the upside with Stowers, considering how great of an athlete he is, how well he tested along with the profile like this, could be a pretty good pick it could be a smash pick at the end of the day.
Pick 1.12: Jadarian Price, RB
Ian: Last pick here at 1.12, not another wide receiver I'm exactly in love with, so I'll go ahead and go with Jadarian Price. In Peter Schrager’s mock draft, I was surprised to see Jadarian Price to the Seahawks with the final pick in Round 1. I've seen that you know thrown around a couple times in the offseason, personally just i think there's enough value in Round 3 for the Seahawks to wait on the pick, but it's a situation where maybe they do go that way and man, would he be a riser. He does a lot of things great. The concerns, obviously, are the receiving numbers, but when you have Jeremiyah Love there, I'm not that concerned.
Jadarian Price is my RB2 in this class and really could be a riser here for us if we get the landing spot we're hoping for.
Jadarian Price Scouting Report
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